Machine and process for making hair waving pads



Feb. 9, 1937. c, J, I- D 2,069,776

MACHINE AND PROCESS FOR MA'KING HAIR WAVING PADS Filed} June 29, 1933 551166125-511681. 1 v

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C. J. ROHLAND MACHINE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING HAIR WAVING PADS 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 29, 1953 INVENTOR.

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Feb. 9, 1937. c, ROHLAND 2,069,776

MACHINE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING HAIR WAVING PADS I Filed June 29, 1933 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 "1": TIT j:

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Feb. 9, 1937. c. J. ROHLAND 2,069,776

I MACHINE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING HAIR WAVING PADS I Filed June 29, 1935 s Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR.

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Feb. 9, 1937. Y c. J. ROHLAND 21,69,776

MACHINE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING HAIR WAVINGIADS Fi led June 29, 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTORL JzzxfJRa/axzd' BY 6% I ATTORNEYS.

Patented Feb. 9, 1937' use o-Fi-"loa MACHINE AND PROCESS FOR G is WAVHNG PB Curt J. Rohland, Seekonh,

assigno'r, by

mesne assignments, to The Nestle-Lemur @ompany, New York, N. Y., a comotion or Qhio Applicationiiune as, 1933, Serial No. starts 14 Claims.

This invention relates to a machine for assembling sheet materiahand has for one of its objects the mechanical formation without hand operationsof pads such as are used for permanent hair waving.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an arrangement whereby a plurality of diflerent webs of material may be, assembled with a wire or some deformable member for maintaining the parts in position when in use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of the assembly of such web material and at the same time printing advertising matter or the like'upon the outermost web, which will be conspicuous at the time of use.

Another object of the invention is the me.- chanical cutting of difierent piles of sheet material and sewing the plies together in partial over lapping relation.

Another object of the invention is the corelation of the diilerent movements of the material thatthe desired operation and assembly of the plies of material may be performed thereon in a continuous and automatic manner.

A further object of theinvention is to secure -a proper partial overlapping or the different parts of the pad in order that the proper securing operation may be performed therein.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain .novel features of Fig. 3 is a sectional view through a portion at' the center of the machine illustrating the means for moving the cutter and on substantially line 34 of Fig. 4 withthe carriage omitted.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 01 Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of the machine on a larger scale than shown in Fig. 1 and illustrating the mechanism for feeding the work beneath the sewing apparatus.

Fig-6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing the parts-in.adifierent position.

(ill. 112-2) and showing the mechanism for opera the shearer for severing the thread.

Fig. 10 is a diagrammatic View illustrating the operating movement of the work.

Fig. 11 shows the manner in which the movement 'isgiven to the feed rolls.

Fig. 12 is a fragmental detailed view showing the transmission of power to the reciprocating slide or carriage which transmits the work for the sewing operation.

Fig. 13 is aperspective view of the finishearticle illustrating a design printed thereon.

Fig. it is a central sectional view thru the finished article.

In the formation of assembled sheets of material such as are used for pads for permanent hair waving or the like, it has been usual to use hand operation to a large extent in assembling these pads in the desired manner, and in order that this may be done completely mechanically or automatically without the need of hand operations, I have provided a machine which will assemble and print the entire pad automatically and count the same, and the following is a more detailed description of the presentembodiment of this invention for accomplishing this result.

Referring to Fig. 10 which illustrates diagrammatically the use of my invention for assembling flannel, tinfoil, and a covering of paper'therefor, as a hair wavingpad and also a wire for maintaining the pad in the desired position on the hair, llhave shown a roll of aweb oi tinfoil 20, a roll of a web of paper 2|, another roll of paper 2 2 and a reel of wire 23, all on one side of the machine for feeding in one direction, while there is roll of a web of flannel 25 and a roll of web of absorbent paper 26 at the other side of the machine for feeding in the opposite direction. Each of these rolls or reel is suitably supported for rotation to be pulled by feed rolls designated 21 and 28 operating in one direction for the webs on one side of the machine and 29 and 30 operating in the opposite direction for the webs on the other side of the machine. There are also suitable guide roll or idler pulleys 3i and 32, $3 and 34 for the webs and wire which are fed in one direction and guide rolls or idler pulleys 35,- 36 and 31 for the webs of flannel and paper which are fed in the other direction. The foil 38 is drawn between the papers 39 and III while a length of wire 4| is also drawn between the same papers as they are fed about the roll 3! and between the feed rolls 2? and 28. This assembly of sheets and wire is cut oil by the cutter 42 to leave a severed portion it consisting oi a plurality of plies of web material. From the opposite end of the machine the flannel 44 and paper 45 are drawn between the feed rolls 29 and 89 and advanced beneath the cutter 45 where they are severed leaving a portion 41 consisting of two plies of material. The two severed portions 48 and" are then fed laterally of the travel of the webs and sewedtogether by a needle 48 secured in a suitable holder 49 for reciprocating the same. After the sewing operation is performed the stitches are severed and the pads are accumulated in a suitablevcontainer.

If it is desired; the web of paper 89 may be printed by a printing press 59 which may be operated upon the reciprocation ofthe cutters. A

suitable bed 5I is provided beneath the platten takes place the work is stationary. It will, of

course, be understood that a roll may be used for printing and by a rearrangement of the cutters and direction of feed the work may be fed c'ontinuously through the machine as disclosed in a separate application.

Operation of the cutters Referringto Figs. 3 and 4 for the-operation of the cutters, and 46, 52 designates the bed of' the machine upon which supports 58 are mountw ed to which a bracket 54 is'attached by some suitable means suchas a bolt 55. This bracket carries the stationary. cutting blade 55 and is provided with twobores 51 to slidably receive the guide rods 58 secured together; by a head 59 to which the movable cutter blade 42 is attached.

These rods at their lower ends are secured together by a strap 59 which is engaged by the ends of the levers 52 pivoted at 520. and operated by cam 58 on shaft 59 to move the cutter 42 downwardly. The other cutter 45 is similarly mount-- ,ed, the parts being correspondingly designated with the addition of a prime, and is operated in unison with the cutter 42 by reason of arm 5i engaging the strap 59', through the adjusting set screw 5Ia, said arm 5i being pivoted at 58 and connected to lever 55 through a projection 54iitting in the bifurcated end 55 of this lever 55 which lever is pivoted at 51 and operated by the strap 59 upon depression of the same. The pivots 58 and 51 are mounted in a channel-shaped portion 59a secured to the bed 52 of the machine. The strap members 59 and 59' are in engagement with resilient rubber members I9 and I9 which may be compressed to permit the cutters to be forced downwardly after which they will expandto force the cutters upwardly. In some cases the resilient means I9 is suflicient for this purpose and may be anything of an elastic nature. A

Printing mechanism There is also operated from the shaft 59a printing press which is illustrated in Fig. 2, although omitted from Fig. 1. The work table I9 is suitably supported (by means not shown) .from the bed 52 of the machine in position'for the traveling webs to pass over. Guide posts 'II are mountmeans of wing nuts I8 engaging bolts 11 of the carriage, and is held in suitable spaced relation by collars I8. The frame portion I9 of this carriage embraces a cam 89 on the shaft 88 to move the carriage downwardly so that the "platten will engage with the work, while this same cam, byrengagementwith the upper part of the carriage will move the carriage upwardly for inking I and the presentation of a fresh portion of work.

In order to ink the surface 82 of the printing platten inking rolls 88 are mounted on a carriage 84 which is reciprocated in opposite channel guides 85 by a sprocket chain 88 connected to opposite sides of the guide and extending-over guide pulleys 81, 88 and 89 and driven by sprocket The ink is transmitted to the rollers 88 from a suitable ink reservoir by a train of rollers 95,

91 and 98, the latter of which engages the inking rolls 88. The entire train of rolls is driven through sprocket 99by a sprocket chain i 99 from' the sprocket gear I9I which is driven through the beveled gears I92 and I98 the latter being secured to the shaft 59.

Sewing Referring to the carriage device for moving the Y severed portions of .web 48 and 41 into the sew- 1 ing device for attaching them together I will refer particularly to Figs. 5and 6 in which there is a table portion I94 suitably supported above the bed 'of the machine. A slot or guidewayv I 95 is provided in this table portion in which a slide member I95 is mounted which is secured to the plate traveling webs. The feed rolls 29 and 89 operate to feed 'the portion 41 of the work to position faster than the feed of the material from the opposite direction so that this portion 41 is positioned prior to the positioning of the portion 48,

which portion is raised by the abutment I98 so that it will have its marginal edge overlap the marginal edge of the portion 41. 1

This slide member 106 is reciprfocated by' means of a link I I I pivotally secured as at I i2 to the slide I95, which link is connected to the bell crank lever II8 pivoted as at H4 and withthe arm I I5 engaging the roll II5, which roll is mounted upon the end of a link I II reciprocably mounted in a guideway H8 and operated by the cani I29 mounted upon the shaft 59, (see Fig. 1). This plate I9I is shown in Fig. 5 in the position in which it receives the portions 48 and 41 of the web which are severed after which the cam operates to force this plate I9'I laterally to position the work beneath the roll I I9 to feed the same beneath the sewing needle and thence beneath the feed roll I29 and from the machine. The feed rolls I I8 and I29 are rotated in unison from the sprocket gears I2I and I22 by a sprocket chainI28, the roll H9 being secured to shaft I24 which is drivenby beveled gears I25 and I25, the latter of which receives its power from the shaft, I21 through sprocket chain I28 and sprocket gears I29 and I89,

gears I25 and I89 being secured to shaft I25".

. In Figs. 5 and 6, I have omitted the sewing'r'na- Sever-mg of thread The upright and a portion of the overarm of this sewing machine is illustrated in Fig. 1 at I3I and mounted upon the upright portion of this machine there is a thread severing device which is more particularly illustrated in Fig. 9, which illustrates a, lever iBS pivoted at led upon the upright of the sewing machineand which has provided thereon a cutter blade I35. This lever I33 is also provided with an operating arm E36 pivoted thereto as at tel, which arm is also connected to the lower jaw Q33 of the severing device. This lower jaw is pivoted 'at I39 and is provided with a cutting edge Hill which is so arranged as to oooperate with the cutter Sta or severing the thread which sews the portions 68 and ll of the web material together. The arm 586 rests upon a cam Edi mounted upon a shaft N2 which is driven from the shaft I2? by suitable intermeshing gears M3 and idd.

As the'cam I lI rotates it permits the arm its to drop into a cut out portion I 55 by reason of the spring we tending to pull the arm down whereupon the cutter its descends and the cutter Ito rises to nicelyshear and sever the thread from the pad.

In order to understand the general operation of the machine the drives of the difierent partsswill be now described.

Power is supplied from a motor located general- 1y below the sewing standard ill (but not shown) through belt 659 to pulley lbI which drives the sewing machine. A shaft 552 is alsodriven from this pulley IbI and upon which there is mounted a to the shaft I27 and forced into engagement with the part ISI by springsv I62. This shaft I2? in turn drives the shaft 69 through a trainof gears I63, I64 and IE5, .the latter of which is secured to shaft 69. i

A hand wheel l 66 is mounted upon the shaft I21 for convenient manual ciperation ofthe machine for positioning the parts for starting the machine or other manipulation. The clutch Ifii is so designed that it will transmit motion in one direction by slip of the clutch to permit the sewing machine to remain stationary, it being understood that the sewing machine which has a worm gear, and v worm connection between the hand wheel and it cannot be so driven or moved.

Feeding mechanism Motion is transmitted from the shaft 69 to the feed rolls 271, 28, 29 and 38 intermittently. The rolls 2? and 28 are geared together as at It? and operated by a ratchet we (see Fig; 11) mounted upon the shaft I69 to hich the lower roll 28 'is secured, which ratchet is operated thru a pawl I?!) held in position by aspring ill, both being mounted upon a rockable member 812 which is reciprocated by an arm llb'by means of an cecentric I'M fixed upon the shaft 69. The feed rolls 29 and 39 are also fed by ratchet mechanism thru Power transmission The amount of movement imparted to each roll may be varied. In Fig. 11, I have shown a casing I BI enveloping the ratchet wheel, which casing is cut away as at @332, to permit the pawl toengage the ratchet wheel and which may be adjusted and held in position by means of a dog I83 engaging a rack I86 fixed to some suitable portion of the machine. This casing may befadiusted so that the pawl will be moved out of engagement with some of the teeth by its riding upon the edge of the casing so that by its position the efiective throw will be governed. In the same manner a shield I is adiustably mounted for controlling the effective throw of pawl ill.

'The wire ll in'its passage from the reel 23 extends thru a reservoir of adhesive I85 and is drawn into position between the webs 39 and it by the feed rolls 2i and 293 that it may be more securely held in place in the work. Thus the feed rollers 29 and to will draw in the webs of material as M from theme! 25 suit ably mounted upon the spindle t8 and held between stops or abutments. I89 and gur'ded'about the pulleys 35 and 35, as illustrated in Figs. 1

and 10 and' will also draw in the web of material 26 from spindle I96 vertically below the spindle I88. At the opposite side of the machine the web of tinfoil 488 will have its reel m'ountedu'pon a spindle Isl while the web material 39 will have its reelZI mounted upon a spindlev I92 vertically below it and the material t6 will haveits reel 22 mounted on the spindle I93, also in vertical alignment with the spindles IM and I92, all of which together ,with the wire M will be drawn into the machine by the feed rolls 21 and. 28 to be operated upon by the mechanism as above described so as to out ch several plies of material designoted 43 and di and pass these beneath the sewing machine for attaching them together by a line of switching I94, as illustrated in the finished pad shown in Fig. 13, thus a pad is provided-which has an upper layer of parafilne paper I95, a lower ply of parafline paper I96 and a layer of tinfoil. I91 between them with a stripof wire I98 extending along one side of the pad. The other portionof the pad consists of a piece of felt I99 and a piece of absorbent paper 2%, which portions are joined I together by stitchings IS S as above mentioned, all

formed in an automatic manner as will be' apparent from the above description.

Counters. (not shown) may be suitably mounted upon a bearing I81 for counting a number of rotations of the device from which the number of pieces formed may be calculated. Various other counting devices (not shown) may be operated such as from the reciprocation of the severing mechanism illustrated in Fig. 9, to count the number of pieces formed. This counting mechanism may also cause the machine to be stopped upon any given number of pieces having been formed that packaging of the work may be more conveniently had.

The foregoing description is directed solely toe wards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

The present application is continued in part in applications Serial No. 683,613 filed August 4, 1933, and Serial No. 37,285 filed August 22, 1935.

The present application is adapted for making hair waving pads both for spiral and Croquignole hair waving. i

It is' to be understood, however, that all these variations and alterations as well as any other changes or modifications within the scope of the invention are all to be included herein and the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiment above illustratively set forth.

I claim:

1. In a machine for making hair waving pads of the type which will assemble together a plurality of' sheet materials including a sheet of an absorbent material, a sheet of a nonabsorbent material and a sheet of metal foil by sewing them together along one of their respective edges, said machine being provided with holders for continuous rolls of said absorbent sheet material, said paper sheet material and said metal foil sheet material, and runways for receiving said sheet materials when they are taken ofl said rollers during assembly, sewing together, separation and imprinting of said hair waving pads; the combination in said machine of means for feeding a plurality of sheets of material in different directions, 'means for severing portions from said sheets of material, and means for attaching said severed portions together, said attaching means including a sewing machine construction for moving said pads away from said aforementioned means while sewing said severed .sheet materials together to form said hair waving pad.

2. In a machine for making hair waving pads of the type which will assemble together a plurality of sheet materials including a sheet .of an absorbent material, a sheet of anonabsorbentmaterial and a sheet of metal foil by sewing them together along one of their'respective edges, said machine being provided with holders for continuous rolls of said absorbent sheet material, said paper sheet material and said metal foil sheet material, andrunways for receiving said sheet materials when they are taken of! said rollers during assembly, sewing together, separation and imprinting of said hair waving pads; the combination in said machine of means for feeding a plurality of sheets of material, means for severing portions from said sheets of material, means 'for positioning said severed portions so that some of said sheets partially overlap other sheets, and means for attaching the overlapping parts of said severed portions together, said attaching means including a sewing machine construction for moving said pads away from said aforementioned means while sewing said severed sheet materials together to form said hair wavsaid machine being provided with holders for con- I tinuous rolls of said absorbent sheet material,

said paper sheet.material and said metal foil sheet material, and runways forreceiving said sheet materials when they are taken of! said rollers during assembly, sewing together, separation' and imprinting of said hair waving pads; the combination in said machine of a plurality of webs of material, means for feeding said webs in different directions, means for positioning said webswith portions oi one web overlapping portions of another web, means for severing portions from a plurality of said webs, and means for attaching said overlapping portions together, said attaching means including a sewing machine construction for moving said pads away from said aforementioned means while sewing said severed sheet materials together to form said hair waving pad.

4. In a machine for making hair waving pads of the type which will assemble together a plurality of sheet materials including a sheet of an absorbent material, a sheet of, a nonabsorbent material and a sheet of metal foil by sewing them together along one of their respective edges, said tions of said webs to said attaching means, said attaching means including a sewing machine construction for moving said pads away from said aforementioned means while sewing said severed sheet materials together to form said hair waving pad.

5. In a machine for making hair waving .pads of the type which will assemble together a pinrality of sheet materials including a sheet of an absorbent material, a sheet of a nonabsorbent material and a sheet of metal foil by sewing them together along one of their respective edges, said machine being provided with holders for continuous rolls of said absorbent sheet material, said paper sheet material and said metal foil sheet material, runways for receiving said sheet materials when they are taken of! said rollers during assembly, sewing together, separation and imprinting of said hair waving pads; the combination in said machine of means for feeding webs of material in opposite directions toward each other, means for severing the webs when in adjacency, and means for attaching the severed portions together, said attaching means ineluding a sewing machine construction for moving said pads away from said aforementioned means while sewing said severed sheet materials together to formsaid hair waving pad.

' 6. In a machine for making hair waving .pads of the type which .will assemble together a plurality of sheet materials including a sheet of an absorbent material, a sheet of a nonabsorbent material and a sheet of metal foil by sewing them together along one of their respective edges, said machine being provided with holders for continuous rolls of said absorbent sheet material, said paper sheet material and'said metal foil sheet material, runways for receiving said sheet materials when they are taken of! said rollers during assembly, sewing together, separation and printing of said hair waving pad; the combination in said machine of means for feeding webs of material in opposite directions toward each other, means for severing the webs when in adjacency, and means for stitching the severed portions together-including means to move said severed portions out of the path ofv movement in which they have beenpreviously fed.

7. In a machine for making hair waving pads of the type which will assemble together a plurality of sheet materials including a sheetof an absorbent materiaha sheet of a nonabsorbent material and a sheet of metal foil by sewing them together along one of their respective edges, said machine being provided with holders for continuous rolls of said absorbent sheetmateriaLsaid paper sheet material and said metal foil sheet material, runways for receiving said sheet ma.-

terials when they are taken oiT said rollers dur-'- ing assembly, sewing together, separation and.

imprinting of said hair waving pads; the combination in said machine of means for feeding webs of material in opposite directions toward each other, means for severing the webs when inadjacency, and means for stitching the severed portions together including means to move said severed portions at right angles to the movement in which they have been previously fed.

8. In a machine for making hair waving pads of the type which will assemble together a plurality of sheet materials including a sheet of 'an absorbent material, a sheet of a nonabsorbent material and a sheet of metal foil by sewing them together along one of their respective edges, said machine being provided with holders for continuous rolls of said absorbent sheet material, said paper sheet material and said metal foil sheet material, runways for receiving said sheet materials when they are taken 01? said rollers during assembly, sewing together, separation and imprinting of said hair waving pads; thecombination in said machine of means for feeding a plurality of webs of material from each side of the,

machine in opposite directions toward each other, means for severing each of the pluralities of webs when the opposite webs are in adjacency, and means for attaching the severed portions together.

9. In a machine for making hair waving pads of the type which will assemble together a plurality of sheet materials including a sheet of an absorbent material, a sheet of a nonabsorbent material and a sheet of metal foil by sewing them together along one of their respective edges, said machine being provided with holders for continuous rolls of saidabsorbent sheet material, said paper sheet material and said metal foil sheet'material, runways for receiving said sheet materials when they are taken of! said rollers during assembly, sewing together, separation and imprinting of said hair waving ,pads; the combination in said machine of means for. feeding a plurality of webs of material from each side of the machine in opposite directions toward each other and also a wire from one side of said ma-. chine, said wire to be positioned between two of said webs; means for severing each of the plusaid non-permeable wrapper, said machine including a holder for a roll of a continuous strip of the wrapper material and a holder for a roll of acontinucus strip of the absorbent material. a 5

sewing machine device with a reciprocating needle, drawing and assembly means to draw the strips of the wrapper and absorbent materials of the rolls and to assemble them in superimposed. position where they may be sewed together by is sad sewing machine along one edge thereof, cutter means to cut the strips oi said wrapper and absorbentm-aterials to form pieces of the desired length to make up said pad, and synchronizingmeans to synchronize said drawing and ,assem bling means, and said cutting means, said'holders being positioned at opposite sides of said machine and said drawing and assembly means including means for advancing said strips from said holders 7 toward each other in a horizontal plane and at an 26 angle of 180 to each other until they overlap, means to operate said cutter means to sever the overlapped strip ends, and means to remove said overlapped and severedpieces at an angle of 90 to the direction of advance to said se m'achine.

11, In a machine for ma hair waving pads composed of a sheet of a non-permeable wrapper and an attached sheet of an absorbent material, the latter to receive liquid and to be placed next 0 to the hair and to be covered and wrapped by said non-permeable" wrapper, said machine including a holder for a roll of a continuous strip of the wrapper material, a holder for a roll of a'. continuous strip of the absorbent material and a holder for a supply of wire, a sewing machine device with areciprocating'needle, drawing and assembly-means to draw the strips of the wrapmake up said pad, and. synchronizing means to synchronize said drawing and assembling means,

per absorbent materials and wire oi the rolls and s to assemble them in superimposed position where 40 they may be sewed together by said sewing machine'along one edge thereof, cutter means to cut the-strips of said :wrapper, absorbent materialsand wire to form pieces of the desired length to and said cutting means, and means for adhesively attaching thewire to said wrapper strip.

12.In a machine for making hair waving pads composed of a sheet of a hon-permeable wrapper i and an attached sheet or an absorbentmaterial,

the latter to receive liquid and to be placed next to the hair and to be covered and'wrapped by said non-permeable wrapper, said machine including a holder for a roll of acontinuo'us strip of the wrapper material, and a holder for a roll of acontinuous strip of the absorbent material, a sewing machine device with a reciprocating needle, drawralities'of webs whenthe opposite webs are in 'ing and assembly means to draw the strips of the wrapper and absorbent materials oil? the rolls and to assemble them in superimposed position where they may be sewed together by said sewing machine along one edge thereof, cutter means to cut the strips of said wrapper and absorbent materials to form pieces of the desired length to make up said pad, and gsynchronizing means to synchronize said drawing and assembling means, and said cutting means, said drawing and assembly means including a central; table movable transversely to the direction of said strips, means to actuate said cutter means to cut said stripsafter said; strips have been advanced to super.-

imposed position upon said-table, and means to move said table out of the direction of advance ,75

of .said strips to carry said out pieces to the sew ing machine.

13. In a machine for making hair waving pads strips oi the wrapper and absorbent materials oi! the rolls and to assemble them in superimposed position where they may be sewed together by said sewing machine along one edge thereof, cutter means to cut the strips 0! said wrapper and absorbent materials to form piecesof the desired length to make up said pad, and synchronizing means to synchronize said drawing and assembling means, and said cutting means, and a carrier to receive the cut pieces and to carry them transversely away from the direction of advance of the strips to the sewing machine;

14. A process oi making hair waving pads from continuous strips 0! wrapper and absorbentmaterials which comprises feeding the strips in substantially a horizontal plane toward each other,

advancing the strips until their endpo'rtions are in overlapping relationship, severing the adjacent portions of both strips to form two overlapping severed strip sections, carrying thevoverlapping severed sections away from the line of feed of the strips, so that the severed ends of the strips may again be advancedto said overlapping relationship, sewing theoveriapped severed portions together after they have been carried substantially away from the line of feed of the strips toward each other and advancing the severed strip ends again to overlapping position while said sewing operation takes place on the previously severed overlapping sections, said strips being fed toward each other at an angle 0! 180 and being carried away at an angle of 90.

V CURT J. RDHLAND. 

